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save up
Accumulate something for a particular purpose, as in Jan had been saving up her allowance for a new bicycle. [First half of 1800s]
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Shop owners told the BBC Jellycat's toys had always been a stable seller, bought as gifts for newborns or by children saving up pocket money.
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The same goes for Ms Kim, who spent three years saving up for marriage and another four for a child.
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"We've been going for the past 20 years or so. We normally book a year ahead then save up in dribs and drabs," she said.
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If you saved a million dollars every day, it would take you 100,000 years to save up that much.
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He would work at a Wendy’s or shovel snow to save up for another.
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